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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Adelaide Finlay Elder (c1850-1913) Coleraine
« on: Sunday 15 October 17 01:53 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the confirmation of the location of the cottage - my cousin visited the area recently and was shown where it probably was - she has confirmed that it is where she went. We have a very old photo of the cottage on ancestry. Also, thanks for the link to the map. We are wondering about the close link of Hugh Bellis having seen his will to the Caskey daughters ( Sarah Jane and Eliza King), and are wondering if he and Jane also raised them - their mother (unknown Williamson) appears to have died young as not in the 1831 Census in Samuel Caskeys (died 1849) house in Church St Coleraine - there are no females listed, but 3 families. Thanks again for your help.
Caskeys are another family we don't know much about either!

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Adelaide Finlay Elder (c1850-1913) Coleraine
« on: Saturday 14 October 17 22:35 BST (UK)  »
We have some information on the Williamson/Hunter link - a researcher did some years ago for another family looking at the Williamsons in Aghadowey. I don't know exactly how she found the information, but Hugh Williamson 1759-1822 married Catherine Hunter 1763-1818. She was the daughter of John Hunter b.1736. I also found a will for George Hunter who had nominated Hugh Williamson 1827-1879 as an executor. We realise that there are a number of different Williamson families in the area - don't know where they are related. Do you know anything about the Bellis/Bellas families - were there 2?

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Derry (Londonderry) / Re: Adelaide Finlay Elder (c1850-1913) Coleraine
« on: Saturday 14 October 17 05:38 BST (UK)  »
Hi Aghadowey, I have just joined this site, having seen your thread about the Elder family. I am a direct descendant of Hugh Williamson/Sarah Jane Williamson Caskey, and note that you have been researching families in Aghadowey and surrounding parishes. I am trying to establish more links with the Bellis/Bellas families having seen Hugh Bellis's will. I have been working with several other descendants of the Williamson family - we are scattered around the world - USA, Australia and New Zealand. There are also links to the Dunlop/Hunter and King families. Hope you can help us.Thanks

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